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Contents7 - UEFA information1 - Match background8 - Match-by-match lineups2 - Match facts9 - Competition facts3 - Squad list10 - Team facts4 - Head coach11 - Competition information5 - Match officials12 - Legend6 - Domestic information

Match background

SL Benfica need to find their best form against reigning European champions AC Milan on Matchday 5 if they are toavoid a repeat of last season's failure to progress from the UEFA Champions League group stage.

• José Antonio Camacho's team go into their penultimate Group D fixture at the Estádio da Luz three points adrift ofFC Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic FC at the foot of the standings. A victory against Milan will keep them in contentionuntil Matchday 6 but a draw will also suffice if the Celtic-Shakhtar match in Glasgow finishes all-square.

• It does not help the hosts that in Milan they face opponents who can book their place in the knockout rounds withthe right result in Lisbon. Carlo Ancelotti's men will qualify with a victory, and a draw will also be enough for theRossoneri if there is a winner in the game at Celtic Park.

• Milan beat Benfica 2-1 when the teams met at San Siro on Matchday 1. Goals from Andrea Pirlo (nine minutes) andFilippo Inzaghi (24) put Milan in control before Nuno Gomes got a consolation in added time.

• Benfica's hopes dipped further when they went down 1-0 to Shakhtar at the Estádio da Luz on Matchday 2. Althoughthey then revived their prospects with a 1-0 home success against Celtic, Óscar Cardozo claiming the only goal inthe 87th minute, defeat by an identical scoreline at Celtic Park on Matchday 4 has left them with a small mountain toclimb.

• Milan also lost at Celtic, going down 2-1 to a last-gasp Scott McDonald strike after Kaká's spot-kick had cancelledout Stephen McManus's opener for the Scottish champions. The holders responded to that setback in style, takingsix points off Shakhtar on Matchdays 3 and 4.

• Milan owed their 4-1 home victory against Shakhtar on 24 October to two goals apiece from Alberto Gilardino andClarence Seedorf. They then prevailed 3-0 in Donetsk thanks to second-half efforts from Filippo Inzaghi (2) and Kaká.

• Benfica might take heart from the fact other teams have suffered three defeats in the UEFA Champions Leaguegroup stage yet still advanced in the competition. Celtic (2006/07), Werder Bremen (2005/06) and the trio of FCLokomotiv Moskva, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Newcastle United FC in 2002/03 all achieved the feat.

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SL Benfica - AC MilanMATCH PRESS KITEstádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, LisbonWednesday 28 November 2007 - 20.45 CETGroup D - Matchday 5

• Benfica's home record against Italian sides in UEFA club competition is four wins, three draws and three defeats.Their most recent visitors from Serie A were Milan's city rivals FC Internazionale Milano with whom they drew 0-0 inthe UEFA Cup fourth round first leg in 2003/2004, before succumbing 4-3 in the return.

• Milan's one previous visit to Benfica was in the 1994/95 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals when a goallessdraw secured a 2-0 aggregate success for the Rossoneri. Paolo Maldini featured for Milan in that tie.

• Benfica have unhappy memories of facing Milan in the European Champion Clubs' Cup, having lost to them in thefinal in both 1963 and 1990.

• The Rossoneri collected their first European crown by coming from behind to beat Benfica 2-1 in the 1963 finalthrough two goals from José Altafini. Frank Rijkaard scored the only goal of the 1990 final in a match where Ancelottiand Maldini both played. It was also the last time a team won back-to-back European Cups.

• Rui Costa spent five years with Milan from 2001 to 2006 and won the UEFA Champions League with the club in2003.

• Nuno Gomes's first spell with Benfica ended in 2000 when he departed for Italy and a two-season stint at ACFFiorentina. He subsequently returned to Benfica in summer 2002.

Match facts

Benfica

• Five Benfica players have appeared in all six UEFA Champions League games so far this season, including qualifying:Quim, Léo, Konstantinos Katsouranis, Rui Costa and Óscar Cardozo.

• Augustin Binya will miss the Milan match having been given a six-match suspension following his dismissal atCeltic Park while Cardozo's next yellow card will incur a suspension after bookings on Matchdays 1 and 2.

• Cardozo has had 14 shots on goal, more than any other player.

• Benfica have had 37 shots wide, more than any other team in the group stage.

• Nuno Assis celebrated his 30th birthday on 25 November.

• On Saturday Benfica made it five Portuguese Liga victories in five as they scored two late goals to claim a 3-1 victoryaway to A. Académica de Coimbra. The Lisbon side started well, but lost Nuno Assis to an ankle injury on ten minutesand midway through the half Lito gave the home side the lead. Benfica reacted swiftly and after Angel Di María hadhit the bar, Rui Costa (34) equalised with a free-kick. Luisão made it 2-1 with a clever back heel just four minutesfrom time before Freddy Adu completed the scoring in added time.

• Benfica coach José Antonio Camacho said: "I expected difficulties, because a lot of the players have been oninternational duty and this is the most important game of the season for Académica. They played very well, but Benficacreated chances and had some luck, but that's football. The players gave their all. This was a very important win.Now we must focus on recovery."

• Benfica have not lost away to Académica since December 1973, when the Coimbra side won 2-0.

• Luisão's goal was his first of the Portuguese Liga season.

• Benfica's third goal was Adu's second in the Liga, and fifth in all competitions for the club.

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Wednesday 28 November 2007 - 20.45 CETSL Benfica - AC MilanEstádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, LisbonMATCH PRESS KIT

• Katsouranis was substituted on 60 minutes, ending his record of playing every minute of the Liga season. Quim,Léo and Rui Costa are the only other three players to have featured in every league match this term.

• Katsouranis was replaced by Petit as he made his first appearance since injuring his right knee in mid-Septemberwhile Cardozo came on for Nuno Assis.

• Uruguay internationals Cristián Rodríguez (ill) and Maxi Pereira (rested) were left out, but the Académica matchsaw a welcome return for David Luiz following three months out with a broken metatarsal. He had made his comebackin a friendly against CD Nacional on 16 November but had not featured in a competitive match under Camacho.

• The victory extended Benfica's record to 32 Liga outings without defeat. The last time they lost was over a year ago,on 18 November 2006 and they have since won 22 and drawn 10.

• Both Rui Costa and Luisão played their 150th match for Benfica in the game with Académica.

• Nélson is nearing full fitness after recovering from the thigh problem he picked up on Matchday 2.

• Beaten 1-0 by Celtic on Matchday 4, Benfica returned to winning ways in fine style in the Portuguese Liga on 11November, sealing an 6-1 home win against Boavista FC. Top scorer Nuno Gomes struck twice to take his tally forthe season to five goals, while Cardozo registered his fourth league goal of the campaign. Pereira, Rodríguez andDi María were also on target.

• Camacho said: "I have to congratulate the previous coach and the players who have been here over the past year.Going a whole year without losing is an important milestone. Our next objective is to win a fifth consecutive game."

• Benfica had not scored six goals in a game since 2003 when they thrashed Vitória FC 6-2. Camacho was alsoBenfica coach then.

• Benfica attended the inauguration of Cristiano Ronaldo's new football academy in Madeira, before defeating Nacional1-0 last Friday thanks to a goal from Chinese striker Yu Dabao. Reserve goalkeeper Moreira appeared as a substitutehaving been sidelined for eight months with a knee injury.

• Rodríguez picked up a slight thigh strain playing for Uruguay in their FIFA World Cup qualifier against Chile (2-2)on November 18, but he recovered in time to feature in the 2-1 defeat away to Brazil three days later. Pereira cameon in the 62nd minute for Uruguay against Chile and impressed sufficiently to earn a starting berth against Brazil. The23-year-old set up Sebastián Abreu to score the visitors' only goal.

• Quim had to settle for a place on the bench during Portugal's last two UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifiers, with Ricardomaintaining his place in goal.

• Nuno Gomes was handed a similar brief against Armenia on 17 November, watching from the sidelines as HugoAlmeida's goal sealed a 1-0 victory in Leiria. An injury to the Werder Bremen man offered Nuno Gomes the opportunityto start Portugal's goalless draw with Finland in Porto four days later, a result that ensured Luiz Felipe Scolari's sidequalified for next summer's finals.

• Katsouranis was a central figure for Group C winners Greece who rounded off their qualifying campaign in style,beating Malta 5-0 in Athens and winning 2-1 away to Hungary.

• Paraguay striker Cardozo was ruled out of his country's FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Chile.

• Adu was called up by the United States for the friendly against South Africa in Johannesburg, making his firstinternational start as the visitors gained a 1-0 win. Marc Zoro did not feature for the Ivory Coast in their friendly defeatby Angola on 17 November but returned to the side in a 6-1 victory over Qatar four days later.



• Binya was selected for a five-day training camp in Nuremberg, as Cameroon prepare for the African Cup of Nationsin January.

Milan

• Kakha Kaladze's next appearance in UEFA club competition will be his 100th while Dida's next match will be his75th in Europe.

• Andrea Pirlo has provided four assists so far, more than any other player in the competition.

• Massimo Ambrosini has committed 15 fouls to date, the joint highest total in the group stage along with MehmetAurélio and Zlatan Ibrahimović.

• Ambrosini serves a one-match ban against Benfica having collected three yellow cards to date whileGennaro Gattuso is a booking away from a suspension.

• Filippo Inzaghi was keen to share the credit after his double against Shakhtar on Matchday 4 took him level withGerd Müller's record of 62 UEFA club competition goals. "I have been lucky enough to play in this team for manyyears; without my team-mates I would have never scored so many," said the striker, who was part of the Milan sidethat won the competition in 2003 and 2007. "The two UEFA Champions League trophies I won with Milan are the realrecords for me. The nights in Manchester and Athens will always have a special place in my heart. Still, I like to breakrecords and prove people wrong who say I'm too old."

• Milan recovered from falling behind to a fourth-minute Robert Acquafresca goal to claim a 2-1 victory at CagliariCalcio on Sunday, but were forced to work for the points. Kaká had a penalty saved three minutes before half-timeand soon after the restart Ronaldo hit the post before the Rossoneri finally equalised when Alberto Gilardino chippedin from close range. Almost immediately Acquafresca forced a goalline clearance from Daniele Bonera and Milanfinally completed the turnaround five minutes from time when Pirlo struck with a wonderful free-kick.

• Ronaldo was in the Milan starting XI for a competitive game for the first time this season having suffered a thighinjury on 31 July.

• Coach Carlo Ancelotti said: "It was very complicated for us after their early goal but we responded well and wondespite missing a penalty and hitting the post. Ronaldo had not played for several months and we could not haveasked for much more than this from him. He earned a penalty and hit the post, and I think he did a good job consideringhe was returning from a long absence."

• Ronaldo added: "It was great. I was missing the pitch, the game and the preparations for a game. Now I need tocontinue working hard to return to full fitness as quickly as possible. Milan have several good forwards and I want togive Ancelotti a lot of problems with his selection."

• Clarence Seedorf twisted his left ankle in training on Saturday, so missed his first Serie A match of the season. "Itis a slight injury and we hope to have him back for the game against Benfica," Ancelotti said.

• Ambrosini limped off just before the hour and will undergo tests to examine the extent of a thigh problem.

• Marek Jankulovski is still out with a knee injury suffered last month while Inzaghi will miss the trip to Portugal dueto a bout of flu.

• Alessandro Nesta and Gilardino are both ever-present in Serie A for Milan this season.



• The victory at Cagliari was the fourth in 12 Serie A outings for Milan, all of them coming away from home. TheRossoneri have earned only four points in six home games, scoring just three goals. On their travels they have earned13 points in six games, scoring 17 times.

• Milan's Serie A match against at Atalanta BC on 11 November was abandoned after seven minutes due to crowdtrouble. The game will be replayed in full behind close doors at a later date.

• The incidents came following the death of an S.S. Lazio fan the same morning. "It's unfortunate what happened,"said Ancelotti. "The chief of police took this decision and we accepted it. We stood by his decision, which wascommunicated to us by the referee. We feel disappointed. When we came on the pitch, we thought things would gothe right way. That's not what happened."

• Ancelotti has been awarded an honorary degree in communications and sport by the University of Plovdiv in Bulgaria.The coach was presented with the award by the country's deputy minister of sports Bakani Margheritov and his friendDimitri Hristolov, president of PFC Botev Plovdiv, and by the university rector Ivan Kutsarov, who said: "It's an honourto award this degree because he's the best coach in Europe."

• Emerson is ready to return to action having been out with a fibula injury since the game against Shakhtar on 24October. "I'm working to return as quickly as possible," said the midfielder. "I was out for a while, unfortunately, butwill soon be ready to play. Ancelotti is very good at motivating players who are injured, giving them serenity. That'svery important because a footballer would like to always be available, but in our work injuries can always occur."

• Ronaldo scored two goals in a training game against Milan's youth side on 15 November. Alexander Pato, whowill be eligible for the first team in January, scored the other two goals in a 2-2 draw.

• Ambrosini, Gattuso and Pirlo helped Italy reach UEFA EURO 2008™ with a 2-1 win in Scotland in their penultimateGroup B fixture on 17 October. All three started the game, with Gattuso being replaced in the 87th minute. Four dayslater Massimo Oddo and Ambrosini started the 3-1 home win against the Faroe Islands with Bonera and Gilardinocoming on as second-half substitutes.

• Elsewhere in Group B Kaladze played 90 minutes as Georgia ended their campaign with a 2-0 home defeat byLithuania on 21 November.

• Seedorf was rested for the Netherlands' 2-1 defeat in Belarus that same night having started the 1-0 win at hometo Luxembourg four days earlier with which Marco van Basten's side clinched progress from Group G.

• Dario Šimić played 180 minutes for Croatia, who qualified from Group E despite a 2-0 defeat away to F.Y.R.Macedonia on 17 November and then clinched first place in the section with a 3-2 victory in England four days later.

• Kaká was on target as Brazil drew 1-1 in Peru in qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and then played 90 minutesin the 2-1 home victory against Uruguay.

• In UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying on 20 November Yoann Gourcuff's 72nd-minute penalty –three minutes after his introduction as a substitute – was not enough to prevent France slipping to a 4-2 defeat againstWales in Cardiff in Group 10.

• Six Milan players were among the 50 candidates chosen by France Football magazine for the 2007 Ballon d'Or:Kaká, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Paolo Maldini, Pirlo and Seedorf.

• Kaká, Nesta, Gattuso and Pirlo are on the 30-strong list of nominees for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Yearaward, which will be announced on 17 December in Zurich. They will hope to emulate Marco van Basten andGeorge Weah, who won the award in 1992 and 1995 respectively while with Milan.



Squad list

BenficaAll-timeCurrent season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldBLAgeDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-16-2-------2520.03.1982PORMoreira1-28-13-11-4-2-3213.11.1975PORQuim12268241-1-----3328.05.1974GERJörg Butt24-----------2128.08.1986PORBruno Costa31

Defenders-23-3---3-2-2814.06.1979PORLuís Filipe2-3-3-5-3---2210.05.1985BRAEdcarlos313711816-3-1-2613.02.1981BRALuisão4127119-11-4-2-3206.07.1975BRALéo5-----------2604.02.1981PORMiguelito11-----------2327.12.1983CIVMarc Zoro17121112-3-1-1-2410.06.1983PORNélson22-5---2---1-2022.04.1987BRADavid Luiz23-2-1-2-1-1-1830.06.1989PORMiguel Vítor28

Midfielders253-2415---2-3125.09.1976PORPetit6747122111-412-2821.06.1979GREKonstantinos Katsouranis8

14104151311-422-3529.03.1972PORRui Costa10-4-418-4---2308.06.1984URUMaxi Pereira14-4-4-6-4--S2320.09.1984CMRAugustin Binya18-15-10-8-2-2-3025.11.1977PORNuno Assis25-9-438-4---2230.09.1985URUCristián Rodríguez26-1---5---1-1813.01.1989PORRomeu Ribeiro32

Forwards161441014-2*2420.05.1983PARÓscar Cardozo7-1---3---1-1911.03.1988PORFábio Coentrão16-4-2-3-2-2-2320.07.1984ARGGonzalo Bergessio19-5-419-4-1-1914.02.1988ARGAngel Di María20

236572251013-2-3105.07.1976PORNuno Gomes21-2-124-1-1-1802.06.1989USAFreddy Adu30

Coach-10-5---4-1-5208.06.1955ESPJosé Antonio Camacho-

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MilanAll-timeCurrent season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldBLAgeDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-74-66-10-3---3407.10.1973BRADida1-30-6-2-2---3416.12.1972AUSZeljko Kalac16-10---------3827.04.1969ITAValerio Fiori29-----------1926.03.1988ITADaniel Offredi30

Defenders279254-8-----3707.06.1970BRACafu231692106-3-1---3926.06.1968ITAPaolo Maldini3399364-9-3---2927.02.1978GEOKakha Kaladze41101-75112-4---3119.03.1976ITAAlessandro Nesta13359-26-2-----3212.11.1975CRODario Šimić17122-17-6-2---3009.05.1977CZEMarek Jankulovski18274135-7-1---3508.01.1972ITAGiuseppe Favalli19-33-10-5-4---2631.05.1981ITADaniele Bonera25367253-4-2---3627.06.1971BRASerginho27-----------1702.12.1989ITAMatteo Darmian36-29-14-8-3---3114.06.1976ITAMassimo Oddo44

Midfielders1180861-4-2---3104.04.1976BRAEmerson5395169-10-4--*2909.01.1978ITAGennaro Gattuso8

14129109831124---3101.04.1976NEDClarence Seedorf101151916-1---2111.07.1986FRAYoann Gourcuff2058656611114---2819.05.1979ITAAndrea Pirlo21278257210-4--S3029.05.1977ITAMassimo Ambrosini23-32-20-8-1---3130.01.1976ITACristian Brocchi32

Forwards62974169-733---3409.08.1973ITAFilippo Inzaghi984042351224---2505.07.1982ITAAlberto Gilardino11

2456235271024---2522.04.1982BRAKaká22-----------2016.02.1987FRAWilly Aubameyang84

37731440-1-----3122.09.1976BRARonaldo99Coach

-118-85---4---4810.06.1959ITACarlo Ancelotti-

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Head coach

SL Benfica: José Antonio CamachoDate of birth: 8 June 1955Nationality: SpanishPlaying career: Real Madrid CFCoaching career: Rayo Vallecano, RCD Espanyol, Sevilla FC, Real Madrid CF (twice), RCD Espanyol, Spain, SLBenfica, SL Benfica

José Antonio Camacho was welcomed back as a returning hero when he was unexpectedly named SL Benfica coachjust one game into the 2007/08 season. He quickly showed why by taking the Lisbon club back into the UEFAChampions League with victory against FC København. The Spanish coach had previously enjoyed a successfulspell with Benfica from 2002 until 2004, signing off with victory against FC Porto in the Portuguese Cup – his firstmajor honour as a coach – before returning to Real Madrid CF, the club where he started his playing career.

Originally a combative left-back, Camacho rose through the youth ranks at Madrid and was comfortable playinganywhere across the back line. He made nearly 600 appearances for the club between 1974 and 1989, winning twoUEFA Cups and playing in the European Champion Clubs' Cup final in 1981. He appeared in two FIFA World Cups– missing out on a third in 1978 through injury – and two UEFA European Championships and was capped a thenrecord 81 times by Spain.

Camacho joined the Madrid coaching team after retiring then enjoyed spells in charge of Rayo Vallecano and RCDEspanyol – both of whom he led into the top flight – and Sevilla FC. He briefly returned to Madrid as coach in 1998but resigned after just 22 days, citing differences with the board. Camacho replaced Javier Clemente as Spain coachin September 1998 and took his country to the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2000™. Under Camacho Spain alsoqualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup but he stepped down after losing a shoot-out to Korea Republic in thequarter-finals. After a two-year stint at Benfica he returned to his beloved Madrid in May 2004 only to resign in Decemberafter a poor start to the season. AC Milan: Carlo AncelottiDate of birth: 10 June 1959Nationality: ItalianPlaying career: Parma FC, AS Roma, AC MilanCoaching career: AC Reggiana, Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan

One of only five people – the others being Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff and Frank Rijkaard – tohave lifted the European Champion Clubs' Cup as both a player and coach, Carlo Ancelotti is one of the mosthighly-regarded coaches in European football. He claimed the UEFA Champions League in 2003 in only his secondseason at the AC Milan helm – he would have added a second but for Liverpool FC's stunning fightback two yearslater although he eventually claimed revenge in 2007 – and has added Serie A and Coppa Italia medals to an individualtrophy cabinet teeming with honours.

His coaching career is proving every bit as illustrious as his days as a no-nonsense midfielder. Ancelotti started outat AS Roma, winning the Scudetto in 1983, before moving to Milan three years later after his hometown club deemedhim too injury-prone. He quickly went about proving them wrong, thriving at San Siro in five years of unyielding successwhich brought two more Serie A crowns and back-to-back European Cup wins in 1989 and 1990.

He started his coaching career by leading AC Reggiana to promotion in his debut season in 1996 and went on toParma FC who he guided to a second-placed finish. By 1998 he was at Juventus and although he never managedto better runners-up spot, Ancelotti did earn a return to San Siro in summer 2001. There he thrived, winning the UEFAChampions League, Coppa Italia and UEFA Super Cup in his second season and adding the Serie A title in 2003/04.He guided the Rossoneri to second in the next two campaigns, although they were subsequently demoted to third in2005/06 following the Italian sporting fraud tribunal. In May 2007 he extended his contract until summer 2010 afterwinning the UEFA Champions League again and guiding Milan to fourth in Serie A.

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Match officials

Herbert Fandel (GER)RefereeCarsten Kadach (GER), Volker Wezel (GER)Assistant refereesGünter Perl (GER)Fourth officialGudmundur Petursson (ISL)UEFA DelegateZdravko Jokic (SRB)UEFA Referee observer

Referee

UEFAUCLDoBNat.Name472609.03.1964GERHerbert Fandel

Whether performing a classical piano piece for an appreciative audience, or refereeing football's superstars in frontof a packed crowd, Herbert Fandel keeps cool and delivers. Stage fright is out of the question. The German, who tookcharge of Sevilla FC's 4-0 UEFA Cup final defeat of Middlesbrough FC in May 2006 a year before orchestrating the2007 UEFA Champions League showpiece when AC Milan beat Liverpool FC 2-1 in Athens, is used to the big occasion,both as a full-time pianist with his own highly successful music school and as one of Europe's leading referees.

Fandel, a father of two who lives in Kyllburg, close to the Luxembourg border, became the first German to take chargeof a one-off UEFA Cup final in Eindhoven. Having started his refereeing career in 1989, he joined the élite band ofBundesliga officials in 1996 and earned his FIFA badge two years later. His break on the international stage came atthe UEFA European Under-16 Championship in 1998 before he travelled to the 1999 UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup inSouth Africa. Appointments at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship and Sydney Olympics followed in 2000ahead of the step up to FIFA World Cup qualifying in 2002. Fandel also did the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup onhome soil before taking charge of his second German Cup final in three campaigns, with FC Bayern München liftingthe 2005/06 trophy after a 1-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. He has also been a UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifyingregular.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this matchVenueRes.StageComp.DateRome1-3S.S. Lazio - FC Nantes AtlantiqueGS1UCL19.09.2001La Coruna2-2RC Deportivo La Coruña - JuventusGS2UCL26.11.2002Rome1-1AS Roma - AFC AjaxGS2UCL19.03.2003Rome3-1S.S. Lazio - SL BenficaQR3UCL13.08.2003Bruges0-1Club Brugge KV - AC MilanGS1UCL04.11.2003Porto2-1FC Porto - Manchester United FC1/8UCL25.02.2004Turin2-2Juventus - Djurgårdens IF FFQR3UCL10.08.2004Donetsk0-1FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AC MilanGSUCL14.09.2004London3-1Chelsea FC - FC PortoGSUCL29.09.2004Milan1-0AC Milan - Manchester United FC1/8UCL08.03.2005Milan1-1FC Internazionale Milano - FC Shakhtar

DonetskQR3UCL24.08.2005

Porto1-1FC Porto - Rangers FCGSUCL23.11.2005Turin0-0Juventus - Arsenal FCQFUCL05.04.2006Valencia2-1Valencia CF - AS RomaGSUCL27.09.2006Milan4-1AC Milan - RSC AnderlechtGSUCL01.11.2006Manchester3-1Manchester United FC - SL BenficaGSUCL06.12.2006Rome2-1AS Roma - Manchester United FCQFUCL04.04.2007Athens2-1AC Milan - Liverpool FCFUCL23.05.2007Lisbon0-1Sporting Clube de Portugal - Manchester

United FCGSUCL19.09.2007

Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match

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VenueRes.StageComp.DateMotherwell2-1Italy - CroatiaQFU1603.05.1998Cape Town2-2Portugal - NigeriaR101.02.1999Bratislava2-0Italy - EnglandGS - FTU2127.05.2000Bucharest0-2Romania - ItalyQRWC24.03.2001Lille2-0LOSC Lille Métropole - ACF FiorentinaR3UCUP06.12.2001Milan2-0AC Milan - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FCQFUCUP21.03.2002Lens1-0RC Lens - Udinese Calcio1/16UCUP23.02.2006Paris3-1France - ItalyQREURO06.09.2006

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Domestic information

SL Benfica (SuperLiga)GoalscorersRes.OpponentDateComp.Petit 901-1Leixões SC (A)18/08/07League

0-0Vitória SC (H)25/08/07LeagueÓscar Cardozo 18, 76(pen), Rui Costa 693-0CD Nacional (A)02/09/07LeagueCristián Rodríguez 23, Rui Costa 35, NunoGomes 52

3-0A. Naval 1° Maio (H)15/09/07League

0-0SC Braga (A)23/09/07LeagueAdu 901-1CF Estrela da Amadora (A)26/09/07Cup

0-0Sporting Clube de Portugal (H)29/09/07LeagueNuno Gomes 15, 642-1UD Leiria (A)07/10/07LeagueAdu 901-1Vitória FC (H)20/10/07CupÓscar Cardozo 18(pen), Adu 872-1CS Marítimo (H)28/10/07LeagueAdu 45(pen)1-2Vitória FC (A)31/10/07CupCristián Rodríguez 19, Katsouranis 842-1FC Paços de Ferreira (A)03/11/07League

Lineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, Luisão, Léo, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira (Nuno Gomes 59), Binya, Nuno Assis(Di María 72), Cristián Rodríguez, Óscar Cardozo (Adu 81)

Óscar Cardozo 17, Maxi Pereira 62,Cristián Rodríguez 67, Di María 80, NunoGomes 86(pen), 90

6-1Boavista FC (H)11/11/07League

Lineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, Léo, Luisão, Maxi Pereira (Di María 69), Katsouranis, Binya, Rui Costa (Romeu Ribeiro87), Cristián Rodríguez, Nuno Gomes, Óscar Cardozo (Bergessio 79)

Rui Costa 33, Luisão 86, Adu 903-1A. Académica de Coimbra (A)24/11/07LeagueLineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, David Luiz, Léo, Luisão, Nuno Assis (Óscar Cardozo 10), Katsouranis (Petit 60), RuiCosta, Binya, Di María, Nuno Gomes (Adu 62)

FC Porto (H)01/12/07LeagueCF Os Belenenses (A)16/12/07LeagueCF Estrela da Amadora (H)23/12/07LeagueVitória FC (A)06/01/08LeagueLeixões SC (H)13/01/08LeagueVitória SC (A)27/01/08LeagueCD Nacional (H)03/02/08LeagueA. Naval 1° Maio (A)17/02/08LeagueSC Braga (H)24/02/08LeagueSporting Clube de Portugal (A)02/03/08LeagueUD Leiria (H)09/03/08LeagueCS Marítimo (A)16/03/08LeagueFC Paços de Ferreira (H)30/03/08LeagueBoavista FC (A)06/04/08LeagueA. Académica de Coimbra (H)13/04/08LeagueFC Porto (A)20/04/08LeagueCF Os Belenenses (H)27/04/08LeagueCF Estrela da Amadora (A)04/05/08LeagueVitória FC (H)11/05/08League

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AC Milan (Serie A)

GoalscorersRes.OpponentDateComp.Ambrosini 21, Kaká 44, 45(pen)3-0Genoa Cricket and Football Club (A)26/08/07LeagueKaká 27(pen)1-1ACF Fiorentina (H)03/09/07LeagueNesta 901-1AC Siena (A)15/09/07LeagueSeedorf 441-1Parma FC (H)22/09/07LeagueSeedorf 101-2US Città di Palermo (A)26/09/07LeagueKaká 48(pen)1-1Calcio Catania (H)30/09/07LeagueAmbrosini 15, Kaká 32(pen), 51, Gilardino70, 78

5-1S.S. Lazio (A)07/10/07League

0-1Empoli FC (H)21/10/07League0-1AS Roma (H)28/10/07League

Kaká 47, Gilardino 53, 61, Gourcuff 76,Seedorf 80

5-0UC Sampdoria (A)31/10/07League

Lineups: Dida, Bonera, Nesta, Kaladze, Serginho (D. Šimić 75), Gattuso (Gourcuff 67), Pirlo, Brocchi, Kaká (Cafu82), Seedorf, Gilardino

0-0Torino FC (H)03/11/07LeagueLineups: Dida, Cafu, Nesta, Favalli (Serginho 63), Kaladze, Brocchi (Inzaghi 63), Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf (Gourcuff78), Kaká, Gilardino

Gilardino 61, Pirlo 852-1Cagliari Calcio (A)25/11/07LeagueLineups: Dida, Oddo (Cafu 70), Nesta, Maldini, Serginho, Gattuso (Brocchi 80), Pirlo, Ambrosini (Bonera 68), Kaká,Ronaldo, Gilardino

Juventus (H)01/12/07LeagueReggina Calcio (A)09/12/07LeagueAS Livorno Calcio (H)16/12/07LeagueFC Internazionale Milano (A)23/12/07LeagueSSC Napoli (H)13/01/08LeagueUdinese Calcio (A)20/01/08LeagueGenoa Cricket and Football Club (H)27/01/08LeagueACF Fiorentina (A)03/02/08LeagueAC Siena (H)10/02/08LeagueParma FC (A)17/02/08LeagueUS Città di Palermo (H)24/02/08LeagueCalcio Catania (A)27/02/08LeagueS.S. Lazio (H)02/03/08LeagueEmpoli FC (A)09/03/08LeagueAS Roma (A)16/03/08LeagueUC Sampdoria (H)19/03/08LeagueTorino FC (A)22/03/08LeagueAtalanta BC (H)30/03/08LeagueCagliari Calcio (H)06/04/08LeagueJuventus (A)13/04/08League



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UEFA information

Club licensingUEFA has produced a report looking back over four years of its European club licensing scheme. The report, entitledHere to Stay – Club Licensing, is designed to provide a clear picture of what the club licensing system is, what it isnot and how it functions. It is structured into five chapters – including, among other things, the scheme's maincharacteristics, the roles of the member associations and their leagues as the licence granters, and of the club as thelicence applicants, UEFA's role, and the licensing decisions taken over the first four years.

The club licensing system is based on a series of defined quality standards (covering the areas of sporting, infrastructure,personnel, administration, legal and financial matters) which must be fulfilled in order for a club to be admitted to anyUEFA competition. The same minimum criteria apply to all clubs and national associations. The system representsa significant step forward in improving transparency and governance of clubs and demonstrates that football cangovern itself.

Executive Committee meetingThe Swiss city of Lucerne will host the next meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee on Friday 30 November andSaturday 1 December, as part of an exciting weekend for football enthusiasts. With the UEFA EURO 2008™ drawtaking place at the Congress Centre in Lucerne on 2 December from 12.00CET, the Executive Committee, chairedby UEFA President Michel Platini, will gather two days earlier to discuss a wide variety of European football issues.

A decision on the format of the UEFA club competitions for the period between 2009 and 2012 is a key item on theExecutive Committee agenda. Other items on the programme are the designation of the host association for the UEFACongresses in 2009 and 2010; the hosts for the UEFA European Futsal Championship of 2009; the hosts for theUEFA European Under-21 Futsal Championship of 2008; and the hosts for the UEFA Futsal Cup finals in 2008.

Safety conferenceUEFA and the European Union are organising an international conference on 28 and 29 November in Brussels, whichwill look at ways to improve safety and security at sporting events. UEFA General Secretary David Taylor will openthe conference together with the European Commissioner for Sport, Ján Figel, while Michel Platini, UEFA President,and Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission, will hold a joint press conference on the secondday to announce their plans. UEFA works closely with the EU's Football Safety and Security Experts Group, whichincludes experts from interior ministries, National Football Information Points and police representatives. The conferencewill consider ways of bolstering the partnership between UEFA, governments and police in terms of implementing theEU group's work.

"Developing effective partnerships has enabled some countries in Europe to make huge progress in the last ten yearsor more," said William Gaillard, UEFA director of communications and public affairs. "They have brought together thekey elements of a successful strategy: fence-free, comfortable stadiums where the club itself takes responsibility forsafety in the ground, and where trained stewards look after the fans. The police have a low profile. At the same time,tough judicial measures and effective intelligence-sharing ensure the exclusion of troublemakers and prevent theviolent minority from travelling to games. The result is that the game of football takes centre stage."

Key datesThe 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage is played over six Matchdays – 18/19 September, 2/3 October,23/24 October, 6/7 November, 27/28 November and 11/12 December, although Group D concludes on 4 December.The first knockout round will follow over two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March after the draw in Nyon on 21December. The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be staged on 14 March. The last eight will beplayed on 1/2 and 8/9 April before the semi-finals on 22/23 and 29/30 April. The 2008 UEFA Champions League finalwill be held in Moscow on 21 May, before UEFA EURO 2008™ kicks off in Austria and Switzerland on 7 June.

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Match-by-match lineups - Group D

PtsGAGFLDWPldClub94101034AC Milan6742024FC Shakhtar Donetsk6432024Celtic FC3423014SL Benfica

Stadium, VenueResultMatchDateStadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan2-1Milan - Benfica18.09.2007

Goals: 1-0 Pirlo 9 , 2-0 Inzaghi 24 , 2-1 Nuno Gomes 90+2Milan: Dida, Kaladze, Gattuso, Inzaghi (Gilardino 84), Seedorf (Emerson 75), Nesta, Jankulovski, Pirlo, Kaká,Ambrosini, Oddo (Bonera 81)Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe, Edcarlos, Léo, Óscar Cardozo (Nuno Gomes 63), Katsouranis, Rui Costa (Nuno Assis87), Maxi Pereira, Di María, Cristián Rodríguez, Miguel Vítor (Binya 73)

RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk2-0Shakhtar - Celtic18.09.2007Goals: 1-0 Brandão 6 , 2-0 Lucarelli 8

Celtic Park, Glasgow2-1Celtic - Milan03.10.2007Goals: 1-0 McManus 61 , 1-1 Kaká 68 , 2-1 McDonald 89Milan: Dida (Kalac 94), Gattuso, Inzaghi (Gilardino 77), Seedorf (Gourcuff 55), Nesta, Jankulovski, Pirlo, Kaká,Ambrosini, Bonera, Oddo

Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica,Lisbon

0-1Benfica - Shakhtar03.10.2007

Goals: 0-1 Jadson 42Benfica: Quim, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira, Di María (Binya 61),Nélson (Nuno Gomes 45), Cristián Rodríguez


1-0Benfica - Celtic24.10.2007

Goals: 1-0 Óscar Cardozo 87Benfica: Quim, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira, Binya, Bergessio (Adu 62), NunoAssis (Di María 62), Cristián Rodríguez (Luís Filipe 84)

Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan4-1Milan - Shakhtar24.10.2007Goals: 1-0 Gilardino 6 , 2-0 Gilardino 14 , 2-1 Lucarelli 51 , 3-1 Seedorf 62 , 4-1 Seedorf 69Milan: Kalac, Kaladze, Gattuso, Seedorf, Gilardino (Serginho 75), Nesta, Favalli (Bonera 61), Pirlo, Kaká, Ambrosini(Emerson 83), Oddo

Celtic Park, Glasgow1-0Celtic - Benfica06.11.2007Goals: 1-0 McGeady 45Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo (Nuno Gomes 77), Katsouranis, Rui Costa (Bergessio77), Maxi Pereira (Di María 61), Binya, Cristián Rodríguez

RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk0-3Shakhtar - Milan06.11.2007Goals: 0-1 Inzaghi 66 , 0-2 Kaká 72 , 0-3 Inzaghi 90+3Milan: Dida, Kaladze, Gattuso, Seedorf (Maldini 79), Gilardino (Inzaghi 63), Nesta, Pirlo, Kaká, Ambrosini, Bonera,Serginho (Brocchi 85)


-Benfica - Milan28.11.2007

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Celtic Park, Glasgow-Celtic - Shakhtar28.11.2007Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan-Milan - Celtic04.12.2007RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk-Shakhtar - Benfica04.12.2007

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders AC Milan will be keen to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stagesince the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and2002/03 that featured a second group stage)

In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregatein the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.

S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League whenhe featured against Olympiacos on Matchday 1 at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The record was previously heldby Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in the 2006/07 season at theage of 40 years and 211 days. Ballotta was aged 43 years 217 days when he featured against Werder Bremen onMatchday 4. Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days, having foundthe net for Manchester United FC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos on 23 October 2002.

Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994. He was then sentoff in the 37th minute.

In 2006/07, PFC Levski Sofia joined 1. FC Košice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA ChampionsLeague and never picked up a point. The Slovakian side have not returned to the competition since losing all sixgames in their only campaign to date in 1997/98. Only five other teams have ever gone through a single group stagecampaign without picking up a point namely SK Rapid Wien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskvaand Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first groupstage).

Levski also conceded 17 goals in their six outings last term, just two short of the record number let in during a groupstage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday 6 of the 2006/07 campaign, FC Spartak Moskvawent 22 games without a win in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday3 of the same campaign.

The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for awin was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in1999/00 and Liverpool FC in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed withseven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 13 domestic league winners from last season, but onlyGroup G of the eight groups features four domestic title-holders - namely PSV Eindhoven, FC Internazionale Milano,Fenerbahçe SK and PFC CSKA Moskva. Alongside the 13 champions, there are ten runners-up and six third-placedfinishers. The holders AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Valencia CF are the only clubs in the group stage to have finished infourth place in their domestic league championship.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation inthe UEFA Champions League to 12, a record in the competition. PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real MadridCF are making their eleventh consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal FC.

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Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2006/07 knockout stage, Real Madrid CF surpassed Manchester United FC'srecord of nine consecutive seasons (which ended in 2005/06) in advancing past the group stage. Madrid have featuredin the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. Madrid, have won the competition three times in thelast ten years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However, in the lastthree seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs, S.S. Lazio, Rosenborg BK and VfB Stuttgart did not participate in a UEFA clubcompetition during the 2006/07 season.

Past masters: Six clubs competing in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition whenit started during the 1992/93 season. Olympique de Marseille were champions, beating AC Milan in the final, whilePSV Eindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Porto and Rangers FC all participated in the group stage. In addition, VfBStuttgart, AEK Athens FC and FC Barcelona were knocked out in the two rounds preceding the group stage thatmarked the competition proper.

Long road for debutants: Six clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cupsecond qualifying round including one of this season's two debutants, SK Slavia Praha. They are joined by Rangers,FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Beşiktaş JK and Rosenborg as clubs who had to play four matches toclaim their place in the group stage of the competition. A debutant has not won the competition since Juventus in1995/96, the Italian side becoming the third club to achieve this following Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFAChampions League final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

Sevilla FC join Slavia in competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, although both clubs have previousexperience of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Schalke 04 have yet to play aqualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fifth appearance inthe competition, Schalke their third.

Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus(1995/96), BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97) and FC Bayern München (2000/01). Of the last ten winners of thecompetition, Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, AC Milan (two), FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona,only FC Bayern München are not involved. Only two winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are not involved inthis season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99) and Feyenoord (2001/02). Liverpooland Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remaining UEFA Cup winners in that time areFC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF, PFC CSKA Moskva and Sevilla FC (two).

• UEFA Champions League: All-time recordsBiggest wins8-0: Liverpool FC v Beşiktaş JK (06.11.2007)7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha (23.10.2007)7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003)7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma (10.04.2007)6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993)6-0: Leeds United AFC v Beşiktaş JK (26.09.2000)6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)

Most goals in a game8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003)7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000)7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005)Only one team has scored more than five goals in an away game, Manchester United FC, winning 6-2 at Brøndby IFin 1998/99.



Leading scorer in a season12: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2002/03)Kaká finished as top scorer in 2006/07 with ten goals for AC Milan.

Four goals in a matchMarco van Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25.11.1992)Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004)Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe SK 0-4 AC Milan, 23.11.2005)Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes intothe game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match10.03 secs: Roy Makaay (FC Bayern München 2-1 Real Madrid CF, 07.03.2006)20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002)20.12 secs: Alessandro Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997)21.20 secs: Clarence Seedorf (FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan, 28.09.2005)25.40 secs: Marek Kincl (Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien, 02.11.2005)

Fastest hat-tricks9 mins: Mike Newell (Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.1995)19 mins: Marco Simone (Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan, 25.09.1996)19 mins: Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)21 mins: Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK, 21.10.1998)21 mins: Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)

Youngest players to score17 years, 195 days: Peter Oforiquaye (Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP, 01.10.1997)17 years, 218 days: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK, 07.12.2004)17 years, 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha, 27.02.2002)17 years, 353 days: Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.2005)18 years, 61 days: Sammy Kuffour (FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva, 02.11.1994)18 years, 70 days: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München, 07.12.1994)Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest to appear, havingbegun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days.

Appearances: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only;112 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)111 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK)106 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)103 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)103 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München)100 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)98 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)98 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)98 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan)97 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)91 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)89 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)87 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC)87 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)



Goals: UEFA Champions League

58 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)52 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)47 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)44 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)41 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)37 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Appearances: UEFA club competition

169 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)139 Luís Figo (Sporting, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)134 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München)130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)129 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, UC Sampdoria, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan)127 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC)123 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK)122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF)121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)121 Phillip Cocu (SBV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)

Goals: UEFA club competition

62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München)62 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan)60 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)60 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Eusébio (SL Benfica)56 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)52 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF)52 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)

Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' CupNote: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches.

58 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)56 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)49 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Eusébio (SL Benfica)45 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)44 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)

Last updated: 08.11.2007



Team facts

SL Benfica

UEFA club competition milestones• Benfica have twice won the European Champion Clubs' Cup, defeating FC Barcelona 3-2 in 1961 before retainingthe trophy in 1962 with a 5-3 victory against Real Madrid CF. They were losing finalists in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988and 1990.

• They also enjoyed a run to the final of the UEFA Cup in 1983, losing out to RSC Anderlecht 2-1 over two legs.

UEFA Champions League milestones• Benfica have twice reached the last eight, losing to Barcelona in 2005/06 and AC Milan in 1994/95. The latter wastheir debut season and they are now taking part for the fifth time.

UEFA club competition honours• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1960/61, 1961/62

Ten-year record2006/07: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage)2005/06: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals2004/05: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round)2003/04: UEFA Cup - fourth round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round)2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2000/01: UEFA Cup - first round1999/00: UEFA Cup - third round1998/99: UEFA Champions League - group stage1997/98: UEFA Cup - first round

2006/07 seasonDomestic record: Although they could only finish third in the Portuguese Liga for the second season in a row, it wasstill enough to earn Benfica a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. It was a closecontest, with FC Porto just two points ahead and only a solitary point separating them from city rivals Sporting Clubede Portugal.

European record: Their appearance in the UEFA Champions League was Benfica's fourth in succession. Benficabooked their place in the group stage thanks to a 4-1 defeat of FK Austria Wien. By finishing third in Group F behindManchester United FC and Celtic FC but ahead of FC København, Benfica transferred to the UEFA Cup. They defeatedFC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 3-1 on aggregate in the Round of 32 before a 4-3 triumph over two legs in the last 16against Paris Saint-Germain FC. However, RCD Espanyol ended their hopes with a 3-2 quarter-final success onaggregate.

Key factsUEFA club competitionPld: 295 W: 140 D: 69 L: 86 GF: 499 GA: 315

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)Pld: 32 W: 12 D: 9 L: 11 GF: 34 GA: 33

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeaguePld: 178 W: 85 D: 40 L: 53 GF: 320 GA: 187

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RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win10-0: SL Benfica v CS Stade Dudelange05.10.1965, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg

• Biggest home win10-0: SL Benfica v CS Stade Dudelange (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-8: CS Stade Dudelange v SL Benfica30.09.1965, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg

• Heaviest defeat7-0: RC Celta da Vigo v SL Benfica25.11.1999, UEFA Cup third round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat1-5: SL Benfica v Manchester United FC09.03.1966, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg

• Heaviest away defeat7-0: RC Celta da Vigo v SL Benfica (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC01.11.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest home win3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-2: Liverpool FC v SL Benfica08.03.2006, UEFA Champions League first knockout round second leg

• Heaviest defeat3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica17.10.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest home defeat0-1: SL Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk03.10.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage0-1: SL Benfica v Manchester United FC26.09.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage0-1: SL Benfica v Villarreal CF02.11.2005, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica (see above for details)




AC Milan

UEFA club competition milestones• Milan have been crowned champions of Europe seven times, making them the second most successful club in thehistory of the competition behind Real Madrid CF (nine wins). The Rossoneri were runners-up in 1958, 1993, 1995and 2005. Only Madrid have appeared in more finals (12).

UEFA Champions League milestones• Milan are taking part in their 12th campaign, the same number as Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven.Only Manchester United FC and FC Porto (13) have featured more times. They did not take part in 1995/96, 1997/98,1998/99 and 01/02.

UEFA club competition honours• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1962/63, 1968/69, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 2002/03, 2006/07• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1967/68, 1972/73• European/South American Cup: 1969, 1989, 1990• UEFA Super Cup: 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007

Ten-year record2006/07: UEFA Champions League - winners2005/06: UEFA Champions League - semi-finals2004/05: UEFA Champions League - runners-up2003/04: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals2002/03: UEFA Champions League - winners2001/02: UEFA Cup - semi-finals2000/01: UEFA Champions League - second group stage1999/00: UEFA Champions League - first group stage1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition

2006/07 seasonDomestic record: Milan began the season with an eight-point deduction following the sporting fraud tribunal in Italy.They finished fourth in Serie A on 61 points, 36 behind champions FC Internazionale Milano and three ahead of USCittà di Palermo.

European record: After defeating FK Crvena Zvezda 3-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Champions League third qualifyinground, Milan then won Group H ahead of LOSC Lille Métropole, AEK Athens FC and RSC Anderlecht to reach a firstknockout round tie against Celtic FC, which was won 1-0 on aggregate. FC Bayern München were defeated 4-2 overtwo legs in the quarter-finals before Milan saw off Manchester United FC 5-3 on aggregate to earn a place in the finalin which Liverpool FC were defeated 2-1 at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

Key factsUEFA club competition• Pld: 314 W: 170 D: 71 L: 73 GF: 529 GA: 275

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final)• Pld: 119 W: 61 D: 32 L: 26 GF: 178 GA: 97

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League• Pld: 202 W: 111 D: 46 L: 45 GF: 359 GA: 172



RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win8-0: AC Milan v US Luxembourg12.09.1962, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg

• Biggest home win8-0: AC Milan v US Luxembourg (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-6: FC København v AC Milan20.10.1993, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg0-6: US Luxembourg v AC Milan19.09.1962, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg

• Heaviest defeat6-0: AFC Ajax v AC Milan09.01.1974, 1973 UEFA Super Cup final second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: AC Milan v LOSC Lille Métropole06.12.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage0-2: AC Milan v AFC Ajax23.11.1994, UEFA Champions League group stage0-2 AC Milan v Parma AC02.02.1994, 1993 UEFA Super Cup final second leg0-2: AC Milan v RCD Español21.10.1987, UEFA Cup second round first leg0-2: AC Milan v FC Barcelona04.11.1959, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest away defeat6-0: AFC Ajax v AC Milan (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win0-4: Fenerbahçe SK v AC Milan23.11.2005, UEFA Champions League group stage4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk24.11.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage0-4: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan24.09.2002, UEFA Champions League group stage4-0: AC Milan v FC Barcelona18.05.1994, European Champion Clubs' Cup final4-0: AC Milan v IFK Göteborg25.11.1992, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest home win4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)4-0: AC Milan v IFK Göteborg (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-4: Fenerbahçe SK v AC Milan (see above for details)0-4: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan (see above for details)



• Heaviest defeat4-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan07.04.2004, UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: AC Milan v LOSC Lille Métropole (see above for details)0-2: AC Milan v AFC Ajax (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat4-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AC Milan (see above for details)




Competition information

UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.

• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August saw the 32 teams divided intoeight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays onehome and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for adraw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, thefollowing criteria are applied to determine the rankings.a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;d) superior goal difference from all group matches played;e) higher number of goals scored;f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question as well as its association, over the previousfive seasons.The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be playedover two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their groupmove into the Round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group areeliminated from UEFA club competition for the season. This year's UEFA Champions League final is in Moscow on21 May 2008.

• Disciplinary information: As a rule, a player who is sent off the field of play is suspended for the next match in aUEFA club competition. The Control and Disciplinary Body is entitled to augment this punishment. In the case ofrepeated cautions, a player is suspended for one match after three cautions in three different matches, as well asfollowing any subsequent odd-numbered caution (fifth, seventh, ninth, etc). Single yellow cards and pending suspensionsare always carried forward either to the next stage of the competition or to another club competition in the currentseason.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA clubcompetitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2007/08, at least six places will be reservedfor players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from withinthe same association of the said club. The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21players who have been at the club for two seasons. In 2006/07, the number of locally-trained players required beganat four but the current six will rise to eight in 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the clubbetween the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at leastthree seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

• Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Champions League matches from the start of the firstknockout round, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remainingmatches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February at the latest. One player fromthe above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the currentseason may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFAChampions League this season.

• Financial information: UEFA says the estimated gross income for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League is €824.5m– slightly higher than the 2006/07 campaign revenue. Under the competition regulations, 75 per cent of the totalrevenue received from television and commercial contracts concluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m will goto the 32 teams taking part in the group stage of Europe's premier club competition. The remaining 25 per cent isearmarked for European football and remains with UEFA to cover organisational and administrative costs, as well asfor solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues.

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It is also stipulated that participating clubs will receive 82 per cent of any revenue received from the same stream inexcess of €530m, with the remaining 18 per cent allocated to UEFA for European football. In addition, 50 per cent ofthe revenue received from new media contracts concluded by UEFA will also be available for distribution to the clubs,and the remaining 50 per cent will be allocated to the above-mentioned European football portion/quota.

The gross income for 2007/08 is estimated at €824.5m, and according to projections, will be made up of €819m fromTV and commercial contracts and €5.5m from new media contracts. The total amount to be distributed to the clubsis €588.6m. Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a starting bonus of €3m. In addition, they will receivea match bonus of €400,000 per match. Performance bonuses will amount to €600,000 for a win and €300,000 for adraw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive €2.2m, the eight quarter-finalists€2.5m each and the four semi-finalists €3m each. The UEFA Champions League winners will receive €7m, and therunners-up €4m.

This means that a total minimum amount of €5.4m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive,at best, up to €23.7m, not counting the market pool share and gate receipts. The remaining €280m will be distributedaccording to the proportional value of each TV market represented by the clubs taking part in the UEFA ChampionsLeague, and to be split among the number of teams – four, three, two or one – participating from a given association.

• Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the useor interpretation of information contained herein.

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Legend

:: All-time statisticsThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined asthe European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Cup, the UEFA SuperCup (1973 - ), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup and the 1972Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals donot include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw.

:: Squad listThe eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order.Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only.Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday.All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competition (as defined above) including all qualifying round matches. These are the officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.Age: based on the date press kit was last updatedBL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended)

:: Match officialsThe match officials appointed to officiate the fixture.UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official hasacted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourthofficial are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records.

:: CompetitionsClub competitionsECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA EuropeanUnder-21 ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation CupFRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationalsU21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipU19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA EuropeanUnder-18 Championship

:: Other Abbreviations:: Competition stagesNo: NumberAP: AppearancesQR3: Third qualifying roundF: FinalPld: Matches playedComp.: CompetitionR1: First roundGS: Group stagePos.: PositionD: DrawnR2: Second roundGS1: First group stagePts: PointsDoB: Date of birthR3: Third roundGS2: Second group stageR: Sent off (red card)GA: Goals againstR4: Fourth roundKO1: First knockout roundRes.: ResultGF: Goals forSF: Semi-finalsPR: Preliminary roundW: WonL: Lost1/8: Eighth-finalsQF: Quarter-finalsY: BookedNat.: Nationality1/16: Sixteenth-finalsQR: Qualifying roundY/R: Sent off (yellow card then directred)

N/a: Not Applicable1st: first legQR1: First qualifying round2nd: second legQR2: Second qualifying roundP-O: Play-offFT: Final tournament

:: Statistics(+) : Denotes player introduced(-) : Denotes player substituted(+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted(*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off

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